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The GOP tax hike
Unless House Republicans come to their senses, it now seems likely that about 160 million Americans are about to get a tax increase that amounts to $1,000 for the average household and could knock down U.S. projected economic growth next year (already...Tags: U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement, John Boehner
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Why the GOP primary isn't like Obama vs. Clinton in '08
Republican wishful thinkers like to rationalize away the damage being inflicted on their party by the intramural mudslinging among its unimpressive field of presidential candidates. After all, they note, in 2008 Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary...Tags: Political Candidates, Newt Gingrich, Primaries, Barack Obama, Democratic Party
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The high court's dangerous positions
Dan Rodricks' recent column ("Justice Breyer, the supreme explainer," Oct. 13) points to a historically important incident which exposes the real danger inherent in the Supreme Court's decision-making power, politically speaking. In the Bush v. Gore...Tags: U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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McConnell wrong to criticize prosecution of terrorists in civilian courts
On Wednesday evening, I heard a good portion of Sen. Mitch McConnell's Senate address, in which he lambasted President Barack Obama for bringing terror suspects into the USA for trial and punishment in civilian courts and prisons, rather than trying...Tags: Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Real Estate, Elections, Terrorism
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Trying terror suspects in the U.S.: Tough and just
The debate over how the U.S. deals with suspected terrorists captured outside the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan flared up again last week when the Obama administration announced charges in New York against a Somali man with alleged ties to militant...Tags: Prosecution, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prisons, Lawyers, Defense
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Horse breeders saddled with tax scrutiny
The battle over the federal budget has been playing out slowly in Congress for weeks, but it came galloping toward Maryland's thoroughbred farms recently in the form of a proposed tax increase.
After threatening to trim the nation's ballooning budget...Tags: Laurel Park, Mutual Funds, Farms, Renewable Energy, Laws
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Boehner holds the key to debt limit talks
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposed Plan B for raising the debt ceiling — a classically congressional solution to a problem in that it accomplishes little but to shift accountability away from the legislative branch — is a...Tags: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Chicago Hotels, Democratic Party, Elections
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Debt crisis could have outsized effect on Maryland
Bracing for the loss of a steady paycheck is becoming something of a routine for Frank Silberstein. A statistician for the U.S. Census Bureau and a union steward for the American Federation of Government Employees, Silberstein said the pitched battle...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Medicaid, Laws, Maryland, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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This time with feeling: The GOP needs to do a retake on its debt limit rhetoric
A lot of conservatives are having fun at President Obama's expense after his latest gaffe. In the midst of testy debt-limit negotiations last week, Mr. Obama told House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, "Don't call my bluff."
The first rule in bluffing is...Tags: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Bob Dole, Elections
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Is the GOP taking its inspiration from 'Animal House'?
What do you do in the face of looming disaster? In the movie Animal House, the character of Otter memorably suggested the situation "absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."
That was meant to be funny, of...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Government Health Care, Democratic Party, Elections
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Deficit impasse can be solved — if Congress looks out for the people and not just the rich
How pathetically sad and disturbing that the financial stability of our nation is in such a precarious, perilous state, and our credit rating is now being threatened by two top rating agencies, Moody's Investors and Standard and Poor's. The quick fix is...Tags: Real Estate, Elections, Credit Ratings, Eric Cantor, John Boehner
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Obama visits U. Md. during debt fight
—With the debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling heading into its final stretch, President Barack Obama will visit the University of Maryland on Friday for a town hall meeting the White House said will be focused on the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Anthropology, Executive Branch
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